12-Mile Lake Revenge
This past weekend my bass club, the Tri-County Bass Club had a tournament at 12-Mile lake near Creston, Iowa. I have only fished one other club event this year, but I was looking forward to this one for a specific reason. Back in April I participated in a tournament at the same lake and only managed one keeper. It burns me every time I think about it so I wanted revenge.
It is always fun to fish tournaments in the club, it's a group of guys that are great to hang around, and they are very competitive. It is a fun atmosphere, however it is all business on tournament day. I knew I had to be at my best to compete with this group as most of them put a day of practice on the lake Saturday. I chose to hit a lake in the near vicinity to see the recent conditions and the mood of the bass on Saturday and devise a plan for the tournament on Sunday. My strategy worked well as the bass were in the same mood at 12-mile as they were on the smaller lake I fished on Saturday.
My plan was to stay shallow and fish quickly around cover, weeds or laydown logs. The day started fast as I had my 3 bass limit only 24 minutes into the tournament. I was able to cull up two of the smaller keepers by 7am and my plan was working well. The wind decided to whip down the lake for most of the day at about 20-mph. It was so refreshing to know that my Minn Kota Fortrex 101 trolling motor would not run out of power and whenever I needed to stop and fish an area thoroughly I would just drop the Minn Kota Talons. Yes, 20+ mph winds and the Talons kept me still, yet again they continue to amaze me. While fishing for a few hours in the morning with keepers the coming aboard using a swimjig with an Optimum Baits Double Diamond trailer it became a battle to catch a bigger fish. I slung my Quantum EXO rod and reel combo for about 7 hours that day and am glad that the combo is so light yet powerful enough to haul in fish after fish around the cover. As time passed, I assumed that most anglers were having similar success and the bass decided to eat up on this particular day. I was able to catch 11 keepers that day and my weight for the best three was 7.79 pounds. That was good enough for 5th place and only 0.03 pounds away from 3rd place. It was a good finish and I was able to get a little revenge on 12-Mile Lake.
It is always fun to fish tournaments in the club, it's a group of guys that are great to hang around, and they are very competitive. It is a fun atmosphere, however it is all business on tournament day. I knew I had to be at my best to compete with this group as most of them put a day of practice on the lake Saturday. I chose to hit a lake in the near vicinity to see the recent conditions and the mood of the bass on Saturday and devise a plan for the tournament on Sunday. My strategy worked well as the bass were in the same mood at 12-mile as they were on the smaller lake I fished on Saturday.
My plan was to stay shallow and fish quickly around cover, weeds or laydown logs. The day started fast as I had my 3 bass limit only 24 minutes into the tournament. I was able to cull up two of the smaller keepers by 7am and my plan was working well. The wind decided to whip down the lake for most of the day at about 20-mph. It was so refreshing to know that my Minn Kota Fortrex 101 trolling motor would not run out of power and whenever I needed to stop and fish an area thoroughly I would just drop the Minn Kota Talons. Yes, 20+ mph winds and the Talons kept me still, yet again they continue to amaze me. While fishing for a few hours in the morning with keepers the coming aboard using a swimjig with an Optimum Baits Double Diamond trailer it became a battle to catch a bigger fish. I slung my Quantum EXO rod and reel combo for about 7 hours that day and am glad that the combo is so light yet powerful enough to haul in fish after fish around the cover. As time passed, I assumed that most anglers were having similar success and the bass decided to eat up on this particular day. I was able to catch 11 keepers that day and my weight for the best three was 7.79 pounds. That was good enough for 5th place and only 0.03 pounds away from 3rd place. It was a good finish and I was able to get a little revenge on 12-Mile Lake.
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